Power Query Job Trends in Cheshire

Microsoft Power Query
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Power Query skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 55 63
Rank change year-on-year -17 +8 -
Permanent jobs citing Power Query 3 2 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.23% 0.35% 0.17%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category 3.53% 1.92% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile £46,500 £49,375 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £52,188 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,750 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.38% +54.61% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £64,688 -
90th Percentile - £67,125 -
North West median annual salary £50,000 £48,750 £35,250
% change year-on-year +2.56% +38.30% -10.76%

All Database & Business Intelligence Skills
Cheshire

Power Query falls under the Databases and Business Intelligence category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring database or business intelligence skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for database or business intelligence skills 85 104 123
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 6.48% 18.34% 20.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68 56 97
10th Percentile £34,600 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £45,000 £40,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +33.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £55,000 £55,313 £52,500
90th Percentile £57,875 £63,125 £67,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Power Query
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Power Query relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Power Query job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Power Query
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Power Query.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Power Query

Power Query
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Power Query within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Macclesfield - 2 £55,000 -
Crewe - 1 £45,000 -
Power Query
North West

Power Query
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Power Platform
2 2 (66.67%) AWS
2 2 (66.67%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (100.00%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Data Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Power BI Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Business Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Collaborative Working
2 2 (66.67%) Data Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Extraction
2 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) AI
3 1 (33.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow